News round up: Director quit ahead of critical report

One of Britain’s most experienced and high-profile social services leaders left his job just weeks before publication of a report uncovering serious failures in services for vulnerable children at the council where he worked, it has emerged.

The departure of Andrew Webster, Surrey council’s strategic director, services for families, was announced in early June – a month after the council and its partner, Surrey primary care trust, were privately shown a summary of an Ofsted joint area review that identified inadequacies in a range of services they provided for children at risk.

The care services minister, Ivan Lewis, has announced £96m of new funding to support the resettlement in the community of people with learning disabilities who were formerly housed in NHS “campus” accommodation.

Men who appear charming one minute and terrifyingly aggressive the next or who pressurise their partner into having sex are showing early warning signs of domestic abuse, according to a campaign launched by Refuge today.

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